Rapid Fire 02/​02/​07

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1. Byron Skinner says:

   February 2, 2007 at 2:25 pm

   Good Morning Folks,
   Boston is clearly out of the cul­tural loop and Turner Broadcasting couldn’t have bought bet­ter pub­licly. A $500K fine, cheap at twice the price. Choices for a new Boston nick­name: “Booston” or “Boo Town”.
   ALLONS,
   Byron Skinner

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2. Haninah says:

   February 2, 2007 at 3:02 pm

   Back off of Boston, guys. Without MIT and Raytheon, y’all wouldn’t have either radar or the mis­siles that kill it. Not to men­tion the whole inde­pen­dence thing!
   Anyone else enor­mously amused by the fact that some­one dis­missed the guide to proper treat­ment of mules and other ani­mals as “an exer­cise in ass-​​covering”?

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3. Nicholas Weaver says:

   February 2, 2007 at 5:14 pm

   And remem­ber: Be the prime sus­pect for drop­ping off a REAL fake pipe bomb at a Boston hos­pi­tal and you don’t get arrested.
   Also, all bombs look like mas­sive Lite Brite assem­blies with 4 D bat­ter­ies and a cou­ple of magnets.

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4. John says:

   February 2, 2007 at 9:04 pm

   I am amazed at how easy it seems to be to kill Americans with bombs these days.
   Apparently, all one needs to do is con­struct a bomb, cam­ou­flage it with a car­toon char­ac­ter, and instantly every smug 12–22 year old and 35 year old com­puter pro­gram­mer that lives with his mom will know­ingly say “ah, yes, an elec­tronic device attached to a bridge, you’d think it is a bomb but actu­ally, its just a hum­ble mag­netic lite-​​brite ® that looks like a char­ac­ter from a car­toon I watch ” and let it go.
   Thank Goodness Boston Cops seem to leave watch­ing car­toons to their kids and thank Goodness they have the brains to know that just because a pop cul­ture icon is attached to a device does not mean its harm­less.
   All those that like to pre­tend it does aren’t par­tic­u­larly adept crit­i­cal thinkers, and I’m glad they are at home watch­ing car­toons rather than out in the world pro­tect­ing my smart ass.
   That said, the sad part is…Boston PDs intel capa­bil­i­ties obvi­ously totally suck ass

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